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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE<br/>
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CHAPTER 15
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David prepares a place for the ark—Levites bring ark to Jerusalem—They sing and minister before the Lord.
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And</span> <i>David</i> made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Ark of the Covenant.">ark</a> of God, and pitched for it a tent.
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Then David said, None ought to <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 4: 15 (2-15); Deut. 10: 8.">carry</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/15/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 13: 10 (9-10).">ark</a> of God but the <sup>c</sup><a href="1_chr/15/2c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Sam. 6: 7 (6-7).">Levites</a>: for them hath the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
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And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
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And David assembled the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 23: 6.">children</a> of Aaron, and the Levites:
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Of the sons of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 6: 16.">Kohath</a>; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
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Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
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Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
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Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
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Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
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And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
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And said unto them, Ye <i>are</i> the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, <i>both</i> ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel unto <i>the place that</i> I have prepared for it.
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For because ye <i>did it</i> not at the first, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God made a <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 13: 11 (10-11).">breach</a> upon us, for that we sought him not after the due <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/15/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 107: 84 (84, 99).">order</a>.
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel.
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And the children of the Levites bare the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 25: 14.">ark</a> of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren <i>to be</i> the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 6: 5; Dan. 3: 5 (5, 7, 10, 15).">harps</a> and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
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So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
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And with them their brethren of the second <i>degree,</i> Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, <i>were appointed</i> to sound with cymbals of brass;
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And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
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And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, <i>was</i> for song: he instructed about the song, because he <i>was</i> skilful.
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And Berechiah and Elkanah <i>were</i> doorkeepers for the ark.
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And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/24a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 10: 8.">trumpets</a> before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah <i>were</i> doorkeepers for the ark.
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&#182; So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
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And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that they <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/15/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 6: 13 (12-15).">offered</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/15/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 23: 1.">seven</a> bullocks and seven rams.
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And David <i>was</i> clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also <i>had</i> upon him an ephod of linen.
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Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
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&#182; And it came to pass, <i>as</i> the ark of the covenant of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
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